Wow, just wow. I think I may have stumbled upon one of God's healers.
I mentioned limping around for the last three weeks after stepping on a dog bone at night in my stockings. I was really waiting until after I enrolled in my healthcare stuff, around the,16th, to find a doctor and get it looked at. When I went to my chiro yesterday as he keeps getting the shoulder I fell on 3 or 4 years ago back to 100%, I mentioned my foot and the bone I stepped on. He said, "Let's look at it".
He did his thing, had me stretch my foot and toes in all directions and then said I had locked up the muscles on the outside edges of my foot which was precisely where the pain was radiating from. He went up to my left ear, felt around for a few seconds and pinched an area when he found the right spot. A few deep breaths and the pain in the ear area disappears. After that, he used his ball peen hammer device on spots in my hip area and down my leg, finishing up on areas of the foot itself. That brought a bit of pain in the area where I had stepped on the bone.
Then he had me stand up and give it a feel. It wasn't perfect but a lot better. For the first time since the incident, I had some flexibility in my foot. I went out to his receptionist to set up my monthly appointment and said I might be calling in before if my foot started tightening up again. As I said, it wasn't perfect, but much better. I don't expect I'll be returning before my appointment.
When I got up this morning, the dog immediately was whining to go out. I put my shoes on, grabbed his leash and headed out the door (coat soon to be required). When I headed down the eight steps from the deck to drive, it was like I never hurt my foot. Wait, that's an exaggeration. It is like 98% of normal. I have a full trailer of wood I need to gather up today, haul it home and unload. I was dreading the thought of it before, now I'm curious how I'll hold up. However, I'm real confident.